Reading and Eyesight

Broad Question

What affects your eyesight?

Specific Question

Does reading affect your eyesight?

Hypothesis

Reading can affect your eyesight.

Graph of Hypothesis

Variables

Independent Variable: Eyesight

Dependent Variable: Eye chart

Variables That Need To Be Controlled: The distance, and the amount of light.

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Controlled, manipulated experiment

Number Of Trials:42

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:2

When data will be collected

At night and in the morning.

Number of Observations:

0

Where will data be collected?:

At home.

Materials list
1. science journal
2. Any book
3. a pencil
4. an eye chart
5. 7 yardsticks
6. Duct Tape
Procedure

1. Get all materials to house.
2. Find area that fits 7 yardsticks in length.
3. Set up eye chart at one end of the room.
4. Read as much of the eye chart as possible from the end of the seventh yardstick.
5. Record this in data table.
6. Count how many hours each day you read.
7. Every night and every morning read as much of eye chart as possible.
8. Record each time you read the eye chart.
9. Divide the number of hours read by the numbers of letters read on the eye chart.
10. Do this for three weeks.
11. Insert all data onto Wikipage
Experimental Design
1. I will conduct my experiment at home.
2. There will only be one subject, me.
3. There will be 42 trials.
4. I will write my data on a data table that has been printed out.
5. I will write down all my data and put it on my Wikipage.

Detailed Procedure

1. Get all materials to house.2. Find area that fits 7 yardsticks in length.3. Set up eye chart at one end of the room.4. Read as much of the eye chart as possible from the end of the seventh yardstick.5. Record this in data table.6. Count how many hours each day you read.7. Every night and every morning read as much of eye chart as possible.8. Record each time you read the eye chart.9. Divide the number of hours read by the numbers of letters read on the eye chart.10. Do this for three weeks.11. Insert all data onto Wikipage

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Eye Chart Letters		B	D	C	L	K	Z	V	H	S	R
Hours read duringday
Trial Numbers #1	0	B	O	C	I	K	S	V	H	Z	R
#2	5	D	O	C	I	F	Z	V	Y	S	D
#3	0	v	h	d	n	k	u	o	s	r	c
#4	3	v	h	d	n	k	u	o	s	r	c
#5	0	v	h	d	n	n	o	s	n	r	c
#6	3	v	m	d	h	n	o	b	t	r	c
#7	0	v	y	s	a	n	o	d	t	r	c
#8	5	v	h	d	o	n	o	b	l	r	c
#9	0	v	h	d	n	k	u	s	s	c	l
#10	4	v	h	d	n	k	u	o	s	r	c
#11	0	v	h	d	n	k	u	o	s	r	c
#12	3	v	h	d	n	h	u	o	l	d	l
#13	0	v	h	d	n	h	u	o	n	d	c
#14	5	v	h	d	n	o	u	d	r	c	l
#15	0	v	h	n	n	k	u	o	d	n	c
#16	3	v	h	u	n	k	u	o	s	r	c
#17	0	v	h	d	n	h	u	o	n	r	c
#18	4	v	h	d	n	k	u	d	o	r	c
#19	0	v	h	d	n	k	u	o	d	r	c
#20
#21	0
#22
#23	0
#24
#25	0
#26
#27	0
#28
#29	0
#30
#31	0
#32
#33	0
#34
#35	0
#36
#37	0
#38
#39	0
#40
#41	0
#42

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Background Research

1. Source: The Nervous System.	Silverstien, Alvin, VirginiaSilverstien, and Robert Silverstien. The Nervous System. 1st ed.brookfield, ct: The millbrook press, 1994. Print.
1. Information: Section 3 Chapter 26 Pg. 68 Sight	The Eye perceives images upside down; they are then sent to the brain and turned right side up.
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Results

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Data Analysis

Conclusion

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Discussion